Vamp-marking machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet J. F. ROGERS. VAMP' MARKING MACHINE.

No. 429,389. Patente dJ une 3, 1890.

- Maine, have invented certainnew and useful UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ROGERS, OF BELFAST, MAINE.

VAMP-MARKhNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,389, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed dctober 1'7, 1889. $erial Ito-327,348. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JOHN -F. ROGERS, of Belfast, in the oonntyeofWaldo and State of Improvements in Vamp-Marking Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

I This invention relates to machines formal:- ing marks on Vamps of boot and shoe uppers to indicate the center of the vamp and the proper position of the toe-cap on the vamp; and it has for its object toprovide an improved machine of simple construction adapt ed to hold Vamps of different shapes and styles and to be quickly adjusted to conform to different shapes and styles of vamp.

To these ends the invention'consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved vamp-marking machine. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a section on line :0 00,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a top view of a part of the machine. Fig. 5 represents a section on line y y, Fig.4. Fig. 6 represents a section on line 2 2, Fig. 4:.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, (t represents a bed or table, which may be screwed toa bench or other suitable support, and has a fiat surface adapted to support avainp 1). (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.)

0 represents an arm formed on a rock-shaft d, which is journaled in bearings on ayoke or frame 6. Said yoke or frame rests on tracks or ways f f on the bed a, and is movable thereon to move the marking devices (hereinafter described) on the arm 0 toward or from the vamp-holding devices on the bed a. The yoke or frame is provided at one end with a lug g, which bears on a slotted piece h, attached to one edge of the bed a. .Said piece it is grooved to receive the head of a bolt 2', the shank of which projects outwardly through the slot j in said piece and through the lug g. A thumb-nut k is applied to the outer end of saidbolt 2', and when said nut is loosened the bolt is free to slide in the slotted piece It, and the yoke or frame e is free to slide on the base a. The yoke may be made fast to the bed at any point within the range of its adjustment by tightening the nntlg 'lhe.

ontenportion of the arm? is provided with 'two lateral arms 0 c, on which are adjustable spurs Z Z- Said spurs are attached to plates mm, which have slots n n, that recei e the screws 0 0, which attach said plates and the spurs ZZto the arms 0' c. The slots n and screws 0 permit the spurs to be'adjusted toward and from the arm 0.

p represents a marker having a V-shaped edge and attached to the arm c by means of a screw q, attached to the back of said marker and projecting upwardly through a slot 8 in the arm 0, and a nut r, applied to said screw and bearing on the upper side of the arm 0. When the arm 0 is depressed, the marker 19 makes a crease on the central portion of the vamp b',and the spurs or side markers Z Z prick the vamp at two points at its toe portion, and thereby indicate the proper positionof the toe-cap on the vamp. The arm 0 and its markers 1) Z Zare normally raised and held above'the bed a by a spring a, arranged upon the rock-shaft d, as shown in Fig. 1.

The vamp is held upon the bed for the action of the markers by means of two adj ustable guides 2 2, located at opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the bed and adapted to be adjusted at different distances apart and serve as supports for the side edges of the recessed portion of the vamp, said guides being also adapted to be arranged either parallel with each other or at different angles, so that they can be adjusted to different styles of Vamps, some vamps having the edges of their recesses parallel, While in others said edges are not parallel.

The guides 2 2 are composed of metal bars, each of which is preferably curved inwardly at its forward end to fit the curved inner end of the vamp-recess, as shown in Fig. 1. The guides are provided near their rear ends with ears 3 3, which are pivoted to the rear ends of arms or links 4 4, the forward ends of which are pivoted to a stud 5, affixed to the bed a. The guides 2 2 have no connection with the bed a, excepting through the arms at 4. Said arms are free to oscillate on the stud 5, and the guides are free to oscillate or turn on the ends of said arms.

6 represents a spring, which is located beitmay be adjusted.

tween the guides and is engaged at its ends with the guides, its tendency being to draw the guides inwardly or toward each other.

7 7 represent ears projecting inwardly from the forward ends of the guides, and provided with beveled edges, which are held by the spring 6 in contact with a stud S, which proj ects downwardly from a slotted movable bar 5). Said bar is supported partly by fixed guides 10 11 on the bed and partly by the stud 5, the latter passing through the slot 12 in the bar, and having a nut 13, whereby the bar may be secured in any position to which A stud 14 is detachably secured to the bar 9 by a nut 15, and is capable of being moved along the slot 12 when said nut is loosened, and may be secured to the bar at any point within the length of the slot by tightening said nut. The stud 14 projects below the bar 9 and bears against the rear edges of the arms 4 4, the latter being held against the stud by the pressure of the spring 6.

It will be seen that when the bar 9 is moved forward or in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 its forward stud 8, acting on the inclined edges of the lugs 7 7, will. force the forward ends of the guides 2 2 apart, and

at the same time the adjustable rear stud 14, (if affixed to the bar,) acting 011 the rear edges of the arms 4 4, will swing said arms outwardly, and thus force the rear ends of the guides apart; hence the guides will be moved bodily away from each other. Movement of the bar 9 in the opposite direction will cause the studs 8 14 to recede and permit the spring 6 to force the guides inwardly or toward each other. The guides may in this way be adapted to vamps of diiterent widths. hen the edges of the recess in the vamp are not parallel, the guides 2 2 may be adjusted to the inclination of said edges by moving the adjustable stud 14 independently. \Vhen said stud is moved backwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1, it permit-s the arms 4 4 to swinginwardly and the rear ends of the guides to approach each other, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower edges of the guides rest on the bed a, so that their outer sides support the edges of the vamp, and by their projection into the recess of the vamp hold the latter securely in a central position. The guides may be quickly adj usted from one position to another, as will be readily seen.

17 represents a bar, which is located in a transverse groove or depression 18 in the bed a, and is adapted to be turned down to a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to be turned upwardly to a vertical position, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. lVhen the bar 17 is turned down, its upper side is flush with or below the surface of the bed a, so that the bar is inoperative; but when it is turned upwardly, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, it projects above the bed and constitutes a stop or gage to support the rear end of a short vamp, said bar being used only when the vamp is so short that it will not be adequately supported by the sides of the guides 2 2.

The bar 17 may be locked in the position last described by any suitable means. I have here shown the bar provided with a notch 19 and the bed provided with a fixed finger 20, adapted to enter said notch. The notch is engaged with the finger, as shown in Fig. (i, by moving the bar endwise after it is turned to a vertical position until the slot 19 receives the finger 20.

21 21 represent wooden blocks fitted .in orifices in the bed under the marking-points Z Z, so that when said points are depressed they will not be injured by contact with the metal bed.

The bed a may be provided with a graduated scale by which to adjust the yoke or frame e, and said scale may be on the guide or way f, on which the lug 9 moves, as shown in Fig. 1.

I claim- 1. In a vamp-marking apparatus, the combination of a bed or support for the vamp, a series of markers movable toward and from the bed, the guides 2 2, laterally movable on the bed, the arms 4 4, constituting connections between a fixed stud on the bed and the rear portions of the guides 2, the beveled lugs 7 7 011 the guides, the adjustable bar 9, having studs S14, adapted to co-operate, respectively, with said levers and lugs, means for securing said bar at any position to whichit may be adjusted, and a spring exerting an inward pressure on the guides, as set forth.

2. In a vamp-marking apparatus, the combination of the bed or support, fixed guides 10 11 thereon, the slotted bar 9, movable lengthwise on said guides, the fixed stud 14, and nut 15, whereby said bar may be secured in different positions, the laterally-movable guides 2 2, having beveled lugs 7 7 bearing 011 a stud 8, aliixed to the bar 9, the arms 4 4, pivoted to a fixed support and to the guides 2 2, a spring arranged to press the guides and arms inwardly, and the stud 14, adjustably secured to the bar and supporting the arms 4 4, whereby the guides may be caused to assume different angles, as set forth.

3. In a vamp-marking apparatus, the combination of the bed having a transverse slot or depression 18, the movable bar 17 in said depression, means for locking said bar in a vertical position, and a series of vamp-markers movable toward and from the bed, as set forth.

4. In a vamp-marking apparatus, the combination of the bed a, the guides supported by said bed and formed to enter and bear against the edges of the recess in a vamp in said bed, means for adjusting said guides crosswise of the bed to adapt them to Vamps or recesses of different widths, the yoke or frame e,1novable on said bed lengthwise of the latter, means for positively securing said yoke or frame to the bed in any position to which it may be adjusted, and the arm a and its series of markers, pivotally connected with said yoke or frame and adjustable therewith to Vamps of different lengths, as set forth.

5. In a vamp-marking machine, the combination of the bed, having the fixed slotted block h, the bolt 71, engaged with said block and provided with a clamping-nut k, the yoke or frame 6, adapted to move on the bed and provided with a lug g, engaged with the bolt 2, and the arm cand its series of markers pivotally connected with said yoke, as set forth.

6. The combination of the bed, the rockshaft journaled in bearings on the bed, the arm a, formed on the rock-shaft and provided with a slot 3, the marker 19, adj ustably secured to the arm 0 by a bolt movable in the slot 3 and a nut?" on said bolt, the lateral arms 0' c on the arm 0, the slotted plates m m on said arms, provided with marking-spurs Z Z, and the screws 0 0, passing through said slots and securing the plates 1% m adjustably to the arms 0', as set forth.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 7th day of October, A. D. 1889.

JOHN F. ROGERS. WVitnesses:

F. A. GILKEY, THos. CRowELL. 

